Please ask your congressperson and senators to consider amending the
Animal Welfare Act to include birds, mice, and rats.

Here are email letters that we wrote to our congressperson, Kirsten
Gillibrand and senators, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles E. Schumer:

Dear _________:

We urge you to please take action to have the Animal Welfare Act
(AWA) amended to include birds, mice, and rats. Millions of these smart,
sensitive animals needlessly suffer extreme pain in research facilities.

We look forward to your reply and to any questions you may have.

Thank you,

Frank L. Hoffman

Mary T. Hoffman

"Joyful Curmudgeon"
An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful. At the
same time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the
world, and feel called to help expose and end it so that we may have true
peace and compassion.